The Friday Five - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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thefridayfive questions:
5. Name five favourite movies.
Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, The Sting, The Italian Job, The Fifth Element
4. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
History, Crafting, Astronomy, Battlefields
3. Name three things you would change about this world.
Greater respect for all people; greater care for ecology; a true desire for peace
2. Name two of your favourite childhood toys.
My teddy bear, which I still have, my collection of zoo animals
1. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.
Please no!
thefridayfive questions:5. Name five favourite movies.
Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, The Sting, The Italian Job, The Fifth Element
4. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
History, Crafting, Astronomy, Battlefields
3. Name three things you would change about this world.
Greater respect for all people; greater care for ecology; a true desire for peace
2. Name two of your favourite childhood toys.
My teddy bear, which I still have, my collection of zoo animals
1. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.
Please no!
Sunshine Revival Challenge #5
Jul. 17th, 2025 12:04 pmsmallhobbitJournaling prompt: Be a carnival barker for your favourite movie, book, or show! Write a post that showcases the best your chosen title has to offer and entices passers by to check it out.
My chosen subject is Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures productions.
No surprise to my regular readers!
For those who aren't: these are dance productions based on classic ballets (Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker), films (Edward Scissorhands, The Red Shoes), play or opera (Romeo & Juliet, Car Man) or books (The Midnight Bell). There are a few more, but I haven't seen them (yet!)
They aren't traditional ballets, but do use some ballet moves, as well as modern dance. The key thing is the story which is told and which requires no prior knowledge. These are the dance version of fanfic or fanart, taking the original stories but changing them in interesting ways.
Details can be found here: New Adventures
And you can find out more of my thoughts using my tag: Matthew Bourne
Here's my bedroom walls:
My chosen subject is Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures productions.
No surprise to my regular readers!
For those who aren't: these are dance productions based on classic ballets (Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker), films (Edward Scissorhands, The Red Shoes), play or opera (Romeo & Juliet, Car Man) or books (The Midnight Bell). There are a few more, but I haven't seen them (yet!)
They aren't traditional ballets, but do use some ballet moves, as well as modern dance. The key thing is the story which is told and which requires no prior knowledge. These are the dance version of fanfic or fanart, taking the original stories but changing them in interesting ways.
Details can be found here: New Adventures
And you can find out more of my thoughts using my tag: Matthew Bourne
Here's my bedroom walls:
Sunshine Revival Challenge #4
Jul. 13th, 2025 03:32 pmsmallhobbitJournaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
In no particular order. Feel free to ask about any of them, I might even create a post about some of them next month.
1 - The Ferret A creation of my own, based in the Sherlock Holmes (ACD) 'verse. A song and dance mustelid.
2 - Werewolf!Lucas Another of my creations. Based in Spooks (MI5) where Lucas North is now a werewolf, and continues to work for Section D in both human and vulpine forms. This is a party-loving werewolf, who likes to look smart.
3 - Cake I have already posted about cake for Challenge #2
4 - Families at church. We have a lot of engagement with local families, and apart from baptisms, we also have a toddler group and after-school club, a youth group, occasional Saturday activity mornings and in a couple of weeks we're running a Teddy Bear's Zipwire.
5 - Getting engrossed in my cross stitch while listening to something on the radio on my headphones. Perfect for shutting out the rest of the world.
6 - My To Be Read list which is once more threatening to fall off the shelf and onto my head when I'm asleep.
7 - My total inability to resist the urge to 'complete' a list. Recently I found two music programmes on the radio which have a number of series, going back several years. So, of course, I need to listen to them all (or at least the interesting majority) over the next year.
8 - The thought ofno_true_pair main challenge (with 8 characters) sign up coming next month.
9 - The fact that the skirt I bought some years ago and rarely wore still fits and was perfect to wear today in the heat.
10 - The sheer wonder of creation - how the sun is changing its poles between North and South; all the amazing galaxies out there (points vaguely in all directions at once).
In no particular order. Feel free to ask about any of them, I might even create a post about some of them next month.
1 - The Ferret A creation of my own, based in the Sherlock Holmes (ACD) 'verse. A song and dance mustelid.
2 - Werewolf!Lucas Another of my creations. Based in Spooks (MI5) where Lucas North is now a werewolf, and continues to work for Section D in both human and vulpine forms. This is a party-loving werewolf, who likes to look smart.
3 - Cake I have already posted about cake for Challenge #2
4 - Families at church. We have a lot of engagement with local families, and apart from baptisms, we also have a toddler group and after-school club, a youth group, occasional Saturday activity mornings and in a couple of weeks we're running a Teddy Bear's Zipwire.
5 - Getting engrossed in my cross stitch while listening to something on the radio on my headphones. Perfect for shutting out the rest of the world.
6 - My To Be Read list which is once more threatening to fall off the shelf and onto my head when I'm asleep.
7 - My total inability to resist the urge to 'complete' a list. Recently I found two music programmes on the radio which have a number of series, going back several years. So, of course, I need to listen to them all (or at least the interesting majority) over the next year.
8 - The thought of
no_true_pair main challenge (with 8 characters) sign up coming next month.9 - The fact that the skirt I bought some years ago and rarely wore still fits and was perfect to wear today in the heat.
10 - The sheer wonder of creation - how the sun is changing its poles between North and South; all the amazing galaxies out there (points vaguely in all directions at once).